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I was going through my Collectaables and came across 2 boxes of linguaphone Language courses in the origional boxes. These are the French courses. One has a small sticker on it saying BIEM , British Agency. A few are by Prof. Paul Passy (Paul Édouard Passy (13 January 1859, Versailles – 21 March 1940, Bourg-la-Reine) was a French linguist, founder of the International Phonetic Association in 1886. He took part in the elaboration of the International Phonetic Alphabet.) also There is a linguaphone French song records binder with RCA Canada labels that looks to be around the same age . so they appear quite old. can anyone tell me more about these and If a value can put on these for insurance reasons ,, Thank you
Terry

I was kind of hoping someone had some info on this . any takers?

I don't believe there is a huge market for language discs (or most instructional discs, for that matter), so the value is probably minimal. I know many collectors who would probably give them away, including myself. They would not be worth insuring, in my opinion.

Thank You,

They are of some mild novelty interest but not of great value- if I wanted a set I wouldn't pay much over a buck a record, if that. Some people pick them up to use the storage albums. The English language discs can be amusing to listen to: "I want to buy a suit. Please take me to Poole's. I must have it fit me properly. No I do not like this"

The only Linguaphone records of any market value are some of their English language discs spoken by J. R. R. Tolkein.